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A. ZWIEBELSON.

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APPLICATION FILED Nbv. n. 1920.

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APPLICATION FILED NOV- H, 1920.

Patented May 9, 1922.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 9, 1922.

Application filed November 11, 1920. Serial No. 423,421.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ABRAHAM ZwInBnLsoN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident ofthe city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Corset, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

' The invention relates to Womens wearing apparehand its object is to provide a new and improved corset more especially designed for wear by stout women, and arranged t0 preventpressure against the front median portion of the wearers body and to exert uniform pressure on the wearers body directly under the bust without unduly displacing the fiesh or digging into it.

Another object is to give a circular shape to the wearer at the waist and upper portions.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction as hereinafter shown and described and then specifically pointed out in the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the corset as applied;

' Figure 2 is an enlarged outer face elevation of the corset in open position;

Figure3 is an enlarged inner face view of one of the elastic portions;

Figure 4 is a cross section of the same on the line 44 of. Figure 3; and

Figure 5 is a similar View of the same on the line 55 of Figure 3.

The corset in its general construction comprises a front 10, sides 11 and 12 extending integrally'from the side edges of the front 10, and back parts 13 and 14integrally connected with the sides 11 and 12, the said back parts 13 and 14 having eyelets 15 and 16 for the passage of a lacing string to close the corset at the back. A slit 17 and lacing 18 are arranged at the median line of the lower portion of the front 10, as plainly shown in Figure 2, to permit of adjusting the corset at the abdomen of the wearer. Each of the sides 11, 12 has its upper portion cut out and its edge provided with a binding 20, and across this cut-out portion extend two elastic bands 21, 22 crossing each other at the middle and fastened at their forward ends to the junction of the front 10 with the corresponding side 11 or 12 and connected at their rear ends to the junction of the side 11 or 12 with the corresponding back part 13 or 14. A row of stitches 25 extends from the front to the corresponding back part 13 or 14 across the upper portion of the corresponding side 11, 12, and the said row of stitches fastens the lower edge of the front half of the elastic band 21 to the side 11 or 12, and thelower edge of the rear portion of the other band 22 to the side 11 or 12. The bands 21 and 22 are sewed to the sides 11 and 12 by the row of stitches '25 in the manner above described, and during the time the bands 21 and 22 are stretched, so that on releasing the elastic bands after the sewing is finished the upper portion of each of the sides 11 and 12 is gathered, as plainlyindicated in Figure 3.

From the foregoing it will be seen that only one-half of each of the bands 21 and 22 is attached tothe corresponding side 11 and 12, and by crossing the bands 21 and 22 and attaching the same to the sides 11 and 12 as described a uniform pressure is had on the wearers body directly under the bust without displacing the flesh or the corset digging into it.

It is understood that when donning the corset the elastic bands 21 and 22 at each of the sides 11 and 12 is stretched to exert the desired pressure, but this pressure is uniform and hence displacement of the flesh does not take place. It will also be noticed that by this arrangement a circular effect is produced.

The front 10 is preferably provided at the median line with stays 30 extending from the top of the slit 17 to the top of the front, and short stays 31 and 32 are arranged at the junction of the front with the sides 11 and 12 at the upper portions thereof. Similar stays 33 and 34 are arranged at the junction of the sides 11 and 12 with the back parts 13 and 14, and the rear portions of the latter are provided with stays 35 and 36 to give the desired rigidity to the corset in an up and down direction.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A corset, comprising a comparatively narrow front member, side members secured to the front member, back members secured to the side members, said side members having their upper ends terminating short of the upper ends of the front and back members, and an elastic portion at the upper edges of the side members and projectlng abovethe same, said elastic portion consisting of two crossed elastic bands having their front ends secured to the front member at the junction of: the side members therewith and their rear ends to the upper ends of the rear members, one of the elastic bands having its lower edge of the front portion secured to the side members and the other band having its lower edge of its rear portion secured to the said side members.

2. A corset, comprising a front, sides ex.- tending integrally from the said front and having cut-out top edges, back parts" extend ing integrally from the saidsides,a lacing engaging the back parts for closing the corset at the back, a pair of crossed elastic bands attached at their ends to the front and corresponding back part at the upper ends thereof and extending across the cut-out portions of the said sides, the upper edges of the sides adjacent the bands being gathered to allow of expanding the sides on placing theelastic bands under tension.

3. A corset, comprising a" front, sides extendingintegrally from the said front and having cut-out top edges, back parts extending integrally from the said sides, a lacing engaging the back parts for closing the corset at the back, a pair of crossed elastic bands attached at their ends to the front and corresponding back part at the upper ends thereof and extending across the cutout portions of the said sides, a row of stitches extending from the front to the corresponding back part and connecting the lower edge of one-half of one of the said bands and the lower edge of one-half of the other band to the corresponding side.

4. A corset, comprising a front, sides ex tendingintegrally from the said front and having cut-out top edges, backparts ex-n tending integrally from the said sides, a

lacing engaging the back parts for closing.

the corset at the back, a pair of crossed elastic bands attached at their ends to the front and corresponding back part at the upper ends thereof and extending across the cut-out portions of the saidsides, a row of stitches extending from the front to the corresponding, back part andconnecting the lower edge of one-half of theusaid bands and the lower edge of one-half of the other band to the corresponding. side, stays at the middle of the front, stays at the junction of the front with the sides,"and stays at the junction of the sides with theback parts. v

ABRAHAM ZWIEBELSON. 

